Hill-marker.



F. PERRELL. HILL MARKER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2, 1912..

www0/wao FRANKLIN rEnRELL, oF MILLINGTON, MARYLAND.

nun-MARKER.

t specification of Letters Patent. Application 'mea my 21912. serial No. 707,203.

To all whom it mag/'concern Be it known 4that I, FRANKLIN FERRELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Millington, in the countyl of Kent and State of Maryland, .have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hill-Markers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact' description ofthe invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains toamake and use the same.

This invention relates tocorn ers for corn planters.

An object of the invention is to provide an' to corn planters of ordinary construction.

Another object of 'the'invention is to provide an improved hill marker whereby the rows of hills may be made rectilinear and at right angles to each other.

A vfurther object of the invention is to provide an improved corn hill marker whereby the locationof the corn hill may be marked directly opposite to a hill of corn which is being dropped, and to mark said location at the instant when said corn is dropped.

A still further object of the invention is to connect myl improved hill marker attachment in coperative relation with the corndropping mechanism. y

Other objects and advantages may be recited hereinafter and in the claims.

In 4the accompanying drawings'fwhich` form a part of this application, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the right hand side of. a corn planter having my improved hill markerl attached, and Fig. 2 is a fragmental sectional portion of a corn planter, as viewed from the front, having myimproved hill marker attached. Referring to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

the main frame of the corn planter is represented by the numeral 5, this frame being supported by ground wheels 6 which are rotatable on an axle 7,-said axle being rotatably mounted and adapted to be rotated by the wheel 6, through the medium of a pawl 8 and ratchet 9. YA s rocket wheel 10 is rotatably mounted on t ie axle 7, a clutch 11, as

1.in icated in dotted lines, being employed forlocking the sprocket 10 and axle 7 together,

so that'themotion of the sprocket may be established and'interrupted at the will of an planters, l and it more particularly relates to hill mark-- operator, who occupies the seat 12.- The Patented Dec.`10,1912. I

clutch 11 maybe of any desired and well known construction, or of any novel and pror er construction; and, any proper means, (not shown) may be employed for actuating the clutch. Upon the sprocket '10 is a sprocket chain l13 which also runs over an idler 14, and the sprocket chain 13 isprovided with cam lugs 15,

Al 'corn planter is provided with the usual corn receptacle or feed chamber 16, corn outlet spout or feed boot 17 and shoe or furrow opener 18, all of ordinary construction. An operating shaft 19 is operatively connected with the feed boot, in the usual manner, and said shaft carries an arm 20, and 4this `arm 2O is pivotally connected with a main operating lever 21, through the medium of a link 22'. This lever eis mounted -in a bearing` 23, secured on the frame 5, through themediumifof a stub shaft 24 which carries an arm 25, in rigid relation with the operating lever 21. The operating lever 21 carries a roller 26 which is rotated in the line of travel of the lugs 15, so that when said lugs bring their cam surfaces 15 into contact with the roller 26, the latter are raised, therebyraising the rear end of the lever 21 and lowerin the front end thereof, so as to actuate the dropper shaft 19, through the medium of the, arm 20 and link 22. In order that the locations may be'indicated for subsequent droppings of corn, I have provided a hoe whichcbnsists of a hoe -blade 27, mounted on a hoe beam 28. This hoe beam is secured to a bracket 29 which is pivotally connected at 30 to lsup-I porting arm 31, said supporting arm being pivotedvat 32 to a yoke or standard33g secured on the frame. The movablebrace 34 is pivoted at 35 to the supportingf'arm 31, said brace being provided with a notch 36 which is adapted to en age the pin or stud 37, in the 4standard 33,' or retaining the supporting arm in rigid relation to the standard 33 and frame -5. The end of the hoe beam which is remote from the hoe blade 27, is

provided with'a connecting arm 38 which is pivotallv connected at 39 to'alifterrod 4 0. This lifter `rod is rovided with a spur or lifter prong 41 which is adapted' to engage with 'a lifter arm l42, the latter being secured on a rocker shaft 43, which is mounted in a bearing 44 on the frame 5. A rocker-actuating arm 45 is also secured on-the rocker sh,l ft

43,' and is ivotally connected tofth'e -arm' 25, throughV Ahe medlum. of' the-.111111,46 A

spring 47 is provided for holding the spur 41 normally in engagement with the lifter arm 42, a link 48 ivotally connecting the spring 47 and the litter rod 40.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that when Athe roller 264 is raised by one of the lugsl', th'e shaft 43 is partially rotated,

i through the medium of t-he members 24, 25,

46 and 45, the arm 42 being actuated by the shaft 43, so as to raise the lifter rod 40 and cause the hoe'to move downward until the l blade 27 has entered the soil.l The' forward movement of; the corn planter, while the hoe blade is in the soil,tcauses the adjacent soil:

or earth to be draggedvby the hoe, so as to leave a short furrowV or pit which 1s clearly distinguishable from the adjacent comparatively level earth. However, this dragging of the* soil is vof 'comparatively short duration, because,l as soon as thelugl has'released. the ro'lier26, it returns toitsnormal position, as shown, so that the liattei` 4'rod and hoe are allowed to' return't'o their norinal positions, as shown.;v *In order to vcause'thev hoe to return to its`no`rmal position, I have provided a retractile spring 49, having one end secured to the hoe beam 28,- its ther end being secured to a bracket 5 0, on the' frame 5.

- In orderv that thehoe'beam may withstand the -pressureo the earth thereagainst, I have .secured an4 end of a draft wire 51`thereto,

andthe otheren'd of the draft wire may be secured to the tongue 52 or to any suitable part 'of thecern planter.'

In;.practice',. the' `rockerl shaft 43A carries twoarms 44 and two*l arms 42, although only one of eachof said arms is illustrated; and,

iin-connection with these arms 42 and 44, I

employ a' duplicateset of 'members which constitute. my. hill marker mechanism; so

that, when the direction of travell of the planter -is reversed; and another set of hoe marksorhill indications are to be made,

one of the hill marker attachments is thrown 1 out of operative. relation while the other is thrown into operative relation. AIn order to throw the hill marker-"mechanism out ,of

operative relation, I provide a hand lever pivotallysecured-on the -frame at 54 and pivotally connected at 55 to a link 56 which is slotted at 57. A stud 58 is secured to the -lifter-rod-f40`tand extends through the Vslot w57, so .,that the 4operative movement-of the rod 40 is not lfagetarded or affected. by its engagement with the link 56. -However, when itis-,desired to release the engagement of the armv42 and 2the spur 41, the leverV 53 pushedjorward ,thereby pushing. the spur 4l forward and out of vengagement with the arm .so-'thatdthe arm 42- mav: have tree movement independently of the lifter rod40;

The hoe beam ,38' may, then .be raised 'i-nto approximately verticatpositio'n, by. tir-st.. re-

leasingtne engagement of the/linkf34 and stud 37, then raising the-'outer end of the link 6l around the lpivotal point 32,fso that the arm 38, lifter rod 40 'and the end of the link '48,fwhich is secured to the latter, are lowered, while raising the outer end'of the hoe. lVhen in raised position, the hook 59 may be placed in .engagement with a lug or relat1on. g p

l By means of this improved hill marker, I can accurately indicate the position of .one row of hills whileffdro ping corn in a reviously marked row o hills; and, if,w ile dropping corn in a previously marked row, the corn-dropping interval becomesfimproperly timed, so that the corn is not being dropped at ,or opposite to the previously madehoe-marks, the machine is stopped, the clutch is thrown `-out ofy gear, the lug 15 ismoyed by-hand orrby other yproper means eye 60, for retaining the hoc out of operative luntil -theproper f adjustment is made -for properly dropping the corn at' the hoe'marks, and the clutchisthen thrown inkgear and thepl'ant'er is'againv started. c l t It will be seenthat I have provided an attachment of. this'character whichis fully capableiof attaining theforegoing. objects, and in aythoroughly practical andetlicient manner. 7 i

` Ido not 4 limitfmvfinvention 'tothe enact 4 details of construction, combinationk and arbeing normallvlin engagement' with the I litter. arm and coperatingigthere'with for actuating. tliehoe,A and means, for causing disengagement Yo1.;th'e litter rod and the lifter arm, whereby the corn dropper may operate Without ,actuating the hoe."

.2. In a corn planter, a frame. corn dropping mechanism supported by the-frame, a substantially horizontal and stationary supporting arm pivotally connected to the frame "andc adapted tobe raised iutosubstan-j tially vertical position` a hoe pivotally con- `neeterl .to thefarm and' adapted .to be oscillatedon a vertical `plane, Aand means coperatively connecting the corn dropping mechanism with'the hoe for-actuating the latter,

1 means for interrupting'the cooperative relavltion between fthe hoe and the Vcorn dropping mechanism. and means for retaining the hoe supporting -arm'is raised.

.in substantially vertical position whenvthel' 3.`In a corn planter, a corn dropping l actuating the latter and. raisin mechanism, a frame supporting the corn dropping mechanism, a hoe pvotally con- Aneeted to the frame, a lifter rod pivotally the lifter rod, and means independent o the lifter arm for lowering the lifter rod.

In'testimony whereof I have signedA my 5 connected to the hoe for raising one end o1' name to this specification in the presence of 15 the hoe and lowering the other end thereof, l two subscribing witnesses.

l 'e5-'did lifter rod having aspur thereon, a lifter arm normally in engagement with the spur, l.means copiy'atively eonnectin the corn 10 .d mpping meohanim with the lier arm for FRANKLIN FERRELL. Vitnesses:

JACOB FnRRELI VILLI'AM HULME. 

